Propositional Defeasible Logic has Linear Complexity

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  • Michael J. Maher
چکیده

Defeasible logic is a rule-based nonmonotonic logic, with both strict and defeasible rules, and a priority relation on rules. We show that inference in the propositional form of the logic can be performed in linear time. This contrasts markedly with most other propositional nonmonotonic logics, in which inference is intractable.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • TPLP

دوره 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001